A grade of C- or better must be earned and revealed on your transcript
for any course -- including the first semester -- to be counted towards
the major or concentration requirements. The grade of P is not
acceptable, but a course that was taken P/D/F may be counted if and
only if the P is uncovered by the Registrar's deadline.

Any exceptions must be approved in advance by an Advisor and you must receive an email notification of that approval.

Students may substitute Barnard College courses only with prior permission from an Advisor.

Note: W3500 (Independent research) may not be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the concentration.

One or two additional biology or biochemistry lecture courses, level 3000 or above, to reach the total Biology credits of 22 points required for the concentration. Either W2501 or a five-point lab course, but not both, may count towards the 22 point total. Current offerings include the core courses listed above and the following. Prior approval is required for any course not on this list.

II. Required Science and Math Courses

Option2: For students who qualify
for intensive chemistry
Second Semester General Chemistry (Intensive) C1604 and Intensive
lab-W2507
Organic
Chemistry and lab C3443-C3444 or W3443-W3444 and W3543

Option 3: For students who
qualify for 1st year organic chemistry
Intensive general
chemistry Lab - W2507
Organic chemistry for first years C3045-C3046 and Orgo lab C3543, W3543, C3545, W3545

Two semesters of physics are required, including the accompanying labs. The usual choices are General physics (V1201-V1202) and labs (V1291-V1292). The 1400 sequence is recommended if you plan to take 3 terms of physics. Higher level of physics sequence are acceptable too.

The math requirement can be fulfilled by taking any of these:

Two semesters of calculus

One semester of calculus plus one semester of statistics (W1111 or W1211)

For students with AP credit, completion of Calculus II (V1102), Calculus III (V1201) or Honors mathematics III (V1207) is sufficient; however, students with AP credit are encouraged to take additional courses in math or statistics at Columbia.

For transfer students, at least 4 biology or biochemistry courses and
at least 18 credits of the total (biology, biochemistry, math, physics
and chemistry) must be taken at Columbia. Barnard courses may not be
substituted for the required Columbia courses without advance permission from the advisor.